Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-03-10
Amending section go Of the Revi.ea statute.

Amending section J53 OF the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
Court OF Arkansas.
Limiting the cost Of the pubic building at
Chattanooga Tenn. to $4,000.
Authorizing construction OF a high wagon and
foot passenger bridge over the Mississippi be
tween East Dubuque, H., and Dubuque, Iowa.
Authorizing the City OF Newport, R. L. to use
the site Of Fort Greene as public park.
Granting certain seal rocks to the city and
county Of San Francisco, Cal, in trust for the
people OF the United States.
Providing for the execution Of the provisions
OF article Of the treaty conc. uded between the
United States and the Emperor of China on
November IL 1880, and proclaimed by the Pres
ident Of the United States on October s, 1881.
Authorizing the construction Of bridge ov er
Bayou Bernard Miss.
Prohibiting any offcer, agent or servant Of
the United States to hire contract out the
labor OF prisoners incarcerated for violating the
laws Of the United States.
Amending the act entitled IAN act to amend
the statutes in regard to immediate transpo ia
ton Of dutiable goods, approved June 10, 1857
three bills.
Authorizing the construction of . brihg .
across the eastern branch Of the Potomac river
at the foot of Pennsylvania avenue east in
Washington, D. c., SO as to connect the Dis
Among the last acts Of Congress which
have become laws are:
The antiMormon.
Redemption Of the trade dollar
Fisheries and retaliation against Canada.
Relating to arrears OF taxes in the District Of
Columbia
Appropriating s350,OOO for the purchase Of q
site for a post-of1ce building at San Francesca
Repeating the Tenure-of-Ofice act.
Authorizing the Secretary of War to accept
from the Commercial Club certain lands known
as the high tract, near Chicago. for military
purposes.
Authorizing John F. Chamberlain to erect a
hotel at Fortress Monroe.
Prohibiting the catching Of mackerel during
spawning season.
Providing for Union soldiers home west Of
the Rocky mountains.
Relating to the Judicial District OF Northern
Illinois.
Relating to the procedure in contested cleo
tons.
Confirming to American citizens the right to
possess real estate in the Territories.
Providing for an investigation Of the books
and accounts of the Pacific railroad.
Granting the title to certain lands in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Providing for the bringing of suits against the
United States.
For construction OF q bridge across East
River, between the City of New York and Long
Island.
For a bridge across the Great Kanawha river,
below the falls.
For bridge across the Red river of the
North.
To give Congressional assent to the construc-
ton Of a free bridge by the County Of Davidson,
Tenn, over the Cumberland river.
Amending an act for the purchase of q site
and erection Of public building at Detroit,
Mich.
Authorizing the printing Of $500 extra copies
OF the report of the health Office OF the District
OF Columbia. and the eulogies in Congress upon
the late Senator Logan.
Authorizing the construction Of q bridge
across the Missouri river between Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
Authorizing the use of the hot water of the
Government reservation at Hot Springs, Ark.
Authorizing the United States treasurer
to credit the District OF Columbia with certain
moneys in lieu of investing the same in bonds.
Authorizing the printing OF the official report
OF the Investigations of DR.. Edward Shake
speare concerning the nature, ETC., Of epidemic
cholera.
Authorizing the Duluth, Pierre City & Black
Hills railroad to construct bridge across the
Missouri river at Pierre, Oak.
Authorizing the Tombigbee railroad to con-
struct a bridge across the Mississippi river at
or near Columbus Miss.
Admitting free Of duty articles for exhibition
at the Minneapolis exhibition.
Among othor bills that failed to become laws,
the most important were the General De-
fciency, Fortifcations and River and Harbor
Appropriation bills.
The following bills failed to become
laws because the President did not sign
them:
Bill to settle the claim OF A. H. Emory for
eIOO 900.
Bill relating to promotions in the medical
corps OF the army.
The bill to prevent the employment Of alien
labor.
The bill to open a strip OF public land south
of Kansas for settlement.
The bills providing for public buildings at
Monroe, La, and Saginaw, Mich.
The Labor Arbitration bill.
The bill to annex o part of Idaho to Wash
ington Territory.
Bill for printing maps of the General Land
Office and a number of private relief bills.
The Agricultural Department bill passed
both Houses and died with the committee
OF agriculture in the House, to which
committee it was referred with Senate
amendments The bill to repeal the Pre-
emption, Timber-Culture and Desert
Land Laws, the Fortifications bill and the
Northern Pacific Land Grant Forfeiture
bill failed Of passage because of lack Of
agreement in conference,